By Karen Rosenbaum Karen Rosenbaum lives in Kensington, California. This story, which was awarded Sunstone’s 2012 Starstone Prize, appears in her collection, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Wives (Zarahemla, 2016). Else Pedersen Mikelsen 12 January 1850–28 May 1920 The doctor told Anna there was nothing wrong with her mother, but all that meant was …
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Violence, Mormonism, and the Sober Lessons of History: Breaking the Cycle of Defensiveness and Escalation
By Joanna Brooks Joanna Brooks is Associate Vice President of Faculty Affairs at San Diego University and the author or editor of six scholarly books. My scholarly training is in the cultural histories of race and colonialism in early America. Because I have this larger view of the violence of colonialism in the …
Thirteen Favorable Consequences of Ordaining Women
By M. Scott Fisher Or right-click to download the audio file here: Thirteen Favorable Consequences of Ordaining Women For a PDF version of the article, click here. First published in Sunstone almost 25 years ago, every word of Fisher’s article is still relevant today. The audio version of this article includes …
Generation X and Framing Gender in the Church
By M. David Huston I am a 41-year-old Mormon male—a member of Generation X—who has slowly and painfully come to recognize the gender inequality that exists in my church. Coming to Terms “In the World” It wasn’t until I was married at 24 years old that I had my first real glimpse …
Suffrage: A Play
By Jenifer Nii Suffrage was commissioned by Plan-B Theatre Company (Salt Lake City, Utah) and receives its world premiere 4–14 April 2013, directed by Cheryl Cluff and featuring April Fossen as Frances and Sarah Young as Ruth. Visit planbtheatre.org for details. Jenifer Nii has previously premiered her plays Wallace and The Scarlet Letter at Plan-B. …
Toward a Feminist Mormon Midrash: Mormon Women and the Imaginative Reading of Scripture
By Robert A. Rees In the Jewish mind, . . . reverence for God’s word requires more creative attention. It requires an active, imaginative engagement with language. This is what imaginative reading ultimately requires: a willingness to step completely out of the boat and dive into the waters with a God who has declared …